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Class Of 2007
Official Instructions For Commencement
Thursday, April 19 And Friday, April 20
 

Seniors must pick up their cap and gown in the Red Door from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 19, or Friday, April 20.  A fee of $45.00 is due when the cap and gown is picked up.  The regalia package includes the cap, gown, hood, and tassel.  Payment may be made with cash, check, Flex, Mastercard/Visa/Amex.

   

Wednesday, May 16 - Saturday, May 19, 2007

 

Senior week activities schedule provided by class officers.

   
Saturday, May 19, 2007
 
11:00 a.m.
SENIOR CLASS MEETING – Memorial Hall
Professor Donald Shive (College Marshal), Provost Marjorie Hass, Dean Carol Shiner Wilson, and Registrar Deborah Tamte-Horan, will review procedures for Baccalaureate and Commencement.  Pre-ordered lunch tickets, as well as rain tickets for Baccalaureate and Commencement, will be distributed.  Students unable to attend MUST inform the Registrar’s Office in advance.
   
4:00 p.m. CATHOLIC MASS - Egner Memorial Chapel
   
8:00 p.m.
STUDENTS GATHER AT THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS SOLAR CORRIDOR FOR THE BACCALAUREATE PROCESSION
   
8:15 p.m. PARENTS SHOULD BE SEATED FOR BACCALAUREATE
   
8:15 p.m. BACCALAUREATE PROCESSION TO FRONT LAWN BEGINS
   
8:30 p.m.
BACCALAUREATE - College Green, front of Haas College Center (rain location – Memorial Hall).  No tickets are required if Baccalaureate is held outdoors.
   
9:30 p.m.-
Midnight

SENIOR CLASS FAMILY APPRECIATION RECEPTION - Tent, located behind Ettinger Hall
Following Baccalaureate, graduates, parents, faculty, and staff will gather to celebrate the Class of 2007 at a reception which will be hosted by President & Mrs. Peyton Helm.  A separate invitation will be sent to parents.  Only graduates and family members who have pre-registered will have access to the Senior Class Appreciation Reception.  (FAMILY IS DEFINED AS PARENTS, SIBLINGS, GRANDPARENTS, SIGNIFICANT OTHER AND AUNTS/UNCLES).

   
Sunday, May 20, 2007
 

COMMENCEMENT - College Green, in front of the Haas College Center (rain location – Memorial Hall).  No tickets are required if Commencement is held outdoors. 

9:15 a.m. Graduates will assemble in the Galleria, Baker Center for the Arts.
9:30 a.m. Procession will form.
9:50 a.m. Procession will move.
10:00 a.m. Commencement exercises will begin.
   

IMPORTANT:  IT IS REQUIRED THAT ALL GRADUATES ATTEND
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.  REQUESTS FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES
SHOULD BE MADE TO THE REGISTRAR’S OFFICE.

   

PLEASE NOTEBecause of limited on-campus parking, early arrival is recommended.

 
RAIN POLICY
  • In the event of rain, Baccalaureate and Commencement will be held in Memorial Hall.
  • Students will assemble in the Field House in the Life Sports Center.
  • At the senior meeting on Saturday, May 19, graduates will receive three tickets each for Baccalaureate and Commencement.  These tickets will be necessary if either ceremony is held in Memorial Hall.  Those without tickets will not have access to any portion of Memorial Hall.
  • Due to limited seating in Memorial Hall, closed circuit television viewing of Commencement will be available in the lobby of Seegers Union (on the plasma screen), in the Red Door located on the lower level of Seegers Union, in the classrooms of Moyer Hall and in the Lithgow Science Auditorium in Trumbower Hall.  In the event of excessive heat, closed circuit television accommodations will be available in these areas as well. 
For Commencement questions, please call the Public Relations Office at 484-664-3230 or email Michael Bruckner.